Sofa-bed and lounge



A. S. "I. GABBS.

son BBD AND LOUNGE.

No-253g59e. Patented Peb. 14,1882.

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PATENT EEECFQ ALBERT S. I. GABBS, OFv SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SOFA-BED'AND LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,596, dated February 14, 1882.

' appncauonfnenirarcn22,1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT S. I. GABBs, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented a new, useful, and Improved Sofa-Bed and Lounge; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, perfect, andcomplete description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings for illustration, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal section of my improved sofa-bed and lounge, showing the head or pillow frame open and one section resting against the back-frame; and Fig. 2 is a crosssection thereof, showing the pillow or head frame in a like position.

This invention contemplates improvements in a combined sofa-bed and lounge; and it consists in combining with the seat-frame a pillow or head frame of two parts or sections hinged together and adapted to be vertically adjusted, and a back-frame hinged to the seatframe, and also adapted to be vertically adjusted or lowered to a horizontal position, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A indicates the seat-frame, supported upon legs, as shown, while underneath and upon cleats of said frame slides a drawer, which, in addition to holding articles of apparel, may be slid out and caused to support the back-frame when lowered to a horizontal position.

C Crefer to the pillow or head frame, which is composed of two parts or sections, hinged together at one side to permitof the opening of the same and the enlargement of the frame. Furthermore,the hin ging together of the parts of the pillow-frame allows one section to stand in an inclined ornearly perpendicular position and rest against the back-frame, as shown in the drawings, to prop up the pillow at one side for the comfort of the occupant of the sofa or bed. The sectionCof the pillow-frame is itself hinged to the inner end of an upwardly-inclined extension of the seat-frame, upon which it is supported.

cl d are ratchets, with their teeth or notches facing slots d in the body of the ratchets, as seen in Fig. l, and engaging staples d2 in the inclined extension of the seat-frame. These ratchets are pivoted to the section C of the pillow-frame, and are designed, in connection with the staples d2, to permit of the vertical adjustmentofthe pillow-frame, in order to raise or lower the head of the occupant, as may be desired. The slots d of the ratchets, while they permit the sliding of the ratchets upon the staples d2, serve also to confine them in position upon the staples.

e is a cord or chain, with its ends attached to the ratchets, after having been passed through eyes c on the pillow-frame, while at its middle it is passed through a passage in the outer end ofsection C of the pillow-frame, as seen in Figs. l and 2, and thenceprovided with a ringorknot, e2, as seen in Fig.1. By pulling on ring or knotc2 the teeth of the ratchets are disengaged from theirretaining-staples, which will allow thelowering of the pillow-frame. Simply the elevating of the outer end of the pillow-frame by the hand allows it to he adjusted and heldat the desired height, the. ra tchets being so arranged or disposed with relation to their en gagin g-staples as to effect their engagement by gravity, as seen in Fig. 1.

B is the back-frame, connected by jointed plates or hinges b to the seat-frame A, and provided with the pivoted ratchets F, identical in construction with the ratchets d, and ttin g in slots, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,) in rearward extensions of the cleats upon which the drawer L slides, and engaging with pins K, extending transversely through the aforesaid slots, as also seen in dotted lines in the same figure. The teeth of the ratchets F (as with those marked d) are disengaged from their holding-pins K by pulling upon cords or chains J, connected to or extending from the ratchets F through the lower horizontal bar and upper short similarly-disposed bars, n, of the back-A frame B. They are provided with rings or knotted at their free ends for convenience in manipulating them. By this arrangement the back-frame B can be adjusted to stand at the desired angle of inclination to suit the comfort of the occupant, orit can be lowered to a horizontal position to convert the sofa into a bedstead and to enlarge the capacity thereof for comfortable reclining purposes. The backframe, when adjusted to the latter mentioned position, is provided with a pillow or head-rest by opening the frame C C, so as to bring its section C about in line with the vertical lou- IOO gitudinal planeet' the lower back-frame. The adjustment ofvtherbaek-frame to its normal or elevated position is effected in the same manner as that pursued in the similar adjustment of the pillow-frame upon or with relation to the inclined extension ofthe frame A.

Having thus fully described my invent-ion, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The ratchet F, provided with an outer guard facing the row of notches, and having an enlarged notch or stop at the bottom, in combination with the pin K and the back B, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination ofthe stayrods J, ratchets F, and clips under the back B, for attaeh- 15 being drawn out and forming a support for the 2o back when down in a horizontal position, as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this l2thday ot' October, A. D. 1878.

ALBERT S. I. GABBS. Witnesses:

RoBT. Asn, L. D. CRAIG. 

